Recent content by Seahamlad06

Morning, I grew up around Sunderland and like many places there's been an explosion of housing in the area with little thought seemingly given to the transport infrastructure. I appreciate that it's very much a hypothetical questions but under what circumstances would places like Ryhope be...

Do any of you know if the bridge at the west end of Park Lane interchange station is used and what for? I am referring to the footbridge that on Google earth appears to connect the civic centre with the platform and the old supermarket/college site. I've not seen it in use and always wondered...

Thanks lads. Pinza, that is an impressive map. How things have changed

Afternoon, I was wondering if anyone had any information on the sidings at the south end of Sunderland station? Has anyone witnessed them in use? What is their point? I pass them almost daily and am yet to see them in use, It's a real shame they cannot accommodate GC reversals as I would...

I seem to remember reading somewhere that there is a ban on steam services running through Sunderland due to the subterranean nature and lack of venventilation. The Grand Central HSTs used to create havoc with the fire alarms when they started in services with the old Valenta engines.

Absolutely! The clock tower was a beautiful strupture. The 60s seemed plagued with architecturearchitectural vandalis, Sunderland also lost a an old town hall around the time the same time to be replaced by the monstrous civic centre you see today. incidentally I seem to recall in the...

Yes I meant the island, got my terminology all wrong! Thanks for the reply, I'll check the site out. I remember seeing old trollies and whatnot on it in the 80s shame it wasn't reinstated when they 'renovated' the station for the metro!

Evening chaps, long, long time since I posted but I often lurk and find some of the chat fascinating and very informative, especially the history stuff. Anyway I'm driven to post once more with a request. As a child growing up in Sunderland I vaguely recall the second, now disused, bay platform...

Thanks for the information fellas

Hello, I've read this forum for a good while now and I find the information very interesting and informative. I've decided to register and take a more active part and to begin with I've got a question about the overgrown sidings at Gateshead. I communte into Newcastle on a dialy basis and...